Night trains
Night trains from Aswan
2 sleeper routes · Egypt
2 night trains serve Aswan in the TrainRouter atlas — sleeper routes to Alexandria, Cairo. The longest is the Alexandria–Aswan Express at 1,090 km (16 h 40 min); the oldest service on this list has run since 1856. Board in the evening, wake up 1,090 km closer — every route below links to its full story and the world railway map.
Alexandria–Aswan Express
Alexandria → Aswan · 1,090 km · 16 h 40 min · Egyptian National Railways · ENR air-con express coaches
One seat, the whole of Egypt — from the Mediterranean up Africa’s oldest main line, waking to palms, feluccas and temples along the Nile to Aswan.
Nile Valley Sleeper
Cairo → Aswan · 879 km · ≈ 13 h · ENR · Watania · Watania sleeping cars
Overnight up the Nile past Luxor’s temples — wake to feluccas and the First Cataract at Aswan.
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